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Vocational Education and Training (VET)
What is VET?
Vocational education and training (VET) provides students with nationally recognised training in job related and technical skills in a large number of careers and industries. Students at Ryan Catholic College have the opportunity to complete qualifications at certificate I, II and III level while at school. In addition, the College provides students with opportunities to use other training organisations to complete qualifications in other industry areas outside of school. VET also includes school-based traineeships and apprenticeships.
Benefits of VET
- Provides students with nationally recognised qualifications.
- Provides students with QCE points.
- Graduates earn wages comparable to, if not exceeding, that of university graduates.
- Graduates have a higher employment rate than undergraduates. More than 78% of VET graduates are employed after training.
- The VET sector currently provides training courses for 9 out of 10 occupations predicted to have the greatest growth of new jobs over the next five years.
- Completion of a VET qualification has been shown to lower the likelihood of an individual becoming long-term unemployed.
(Skilling Australia Foundation, 2017)
VET Qualifications
Ryan Catholic College offers the following VET qualifications at school in regular timetabled lessons:
| Provider | Qualification code and title |
|
Townsville Catholic Education Office |
CHC24015 Certificate II in Active Volunteering SIT20322 Certificate II in Hospitality BSB30120 Certificate III in Business CHC30121 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care CHC30221 Certificate III in School-Based Education Support |
|
Major Training Queensland Pty Ltd |
UEE22020 Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start) |
|
Binnacle Training |
SIS30321 Certificate III in Fitness +Certificate II in Sport Coaching |
|
Bluedog Training |
MEM20422 Certificate II in Engineering Pathways CPC20220 Certificate II in Construction Pathways |
|
Connect ‘n’ Grow |
HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance |
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land and waters, the Wulgurukaba, and that this country has been a place of learning and ceremony for tens of thousands of years. We also acknowledge the neighbouring language groups as brothers and sisters of the land. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. May we walk gently and peacefully on this land together.
Junior Campus (Prep - Year 4)
44 Golf Links Drive
Kirwan. QLD. 4817
Senior Campus (Years 5 - 12)
59 Canterbury Road,
Kirwan. QLD. 4817